From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 07:51:37 PST
Hi Larry,
>I had read that the Brits were having problems with the American steam
>engines exploding initially. Apparently our engines were designed to
>operate differently than the Brit's engines.
I don't know, but the recently coined phrase "User Error" would fit if true!
>We're the track guages the same? Are track gauges the same all over the
>world...but for that India RR that goes through switchbacks up the
>mountains???
Hmmmm... I don't know for sure, but I seem to recall as part of the show
I mentioned that the stuff sent over from the US was modified to work on
European rail systems. But I don't trust that part of my dusty brain, so
treat that as a guess :-)
What I do know is the Russian/Soviet railroads were different than the
rest of Europe, that much I know for sure. This caused massive problems
for the German logistics while they were on Soviet soil, then caused the
same problems in reverse for the Soviets when they zeroed in on Germany.
This is one reason motorization was so very important during the war in
the East and why the hundreds of thousands of trucks the US sent over
(Lend Lease) played a critical role in the defeat of Germany. Hey...
whaddyaknow... I got some MV content squeezed in here after all :-)
Steve
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